[PATCH v4 21/59] file_getattr(): filename_lookup() accepts ERR_PTR() as filename

Al Viro
2026-01-08T07:36:52Z

no need to check it in the caller

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
fs/file_attr.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_attr.c b/fs/file_attr.c
index 13cdb31a3e94..ddd4939af7b6 100644
--- a/fs/file_attr.c
+++ b/fs/file_attr.c
@@ -396,9 +396,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(file_getattr, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename,
return -EINVAL;

name = getname_maybe_null(filename, at_flags);
- if (IS_ERR(name))
- return PTR_ERR(name);
-
if (!name && dfd >= 0) {
CLASS(fd, f)(dfd);
if (fd_empty(f))
--
2.47.3